/??fi?t/literarydisapprovingweakand without muchpower:弱不禁风的；了无生气的；软弱无能的With nothing to do alldaythearistocracyhadgrowneffete andlazy.贵族们终日无所事事，变得四体不勤，懒散乏力。disapprovingmoretypicalof a woman than of a man没有男子汉气概的；女人气的SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWeakness and vulnerability
Achilles heel
at a low ebbidiom
be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
besomeone'spoodleidiom
brittle
helplessness
house of cardsidiom
human
impotence
impotent
soft target
submissive
submissively
submissiveness
suggestible
watery
wetness
wimpy
wonky
wuss
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